WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.790 align:middle line:84% - I'm of the mindset that we live in America. 00:00:02.790 --> 00:00:05.150 align:middle line:84% We live in a capitalistic society. 00:00:05.150 --> 00:00:07.485 align:middle line:10% And I think that the utopic-- 00:00:07.485 --> 00:00:10.140 align:middle line:10% the utopic point of view or perspective 00:00:10.140 --> 00:00:11.700 align:middle line:10% that people like yourself and others 00:00:11.700 --> 00:00:14.370 align:middle line:10% may be looking for, that equal, level 00:00:14.370 --> 00:00:17.700 align:middle line:10% playing field where everybody gets treated the same-- 00:00:17.700 --> 00:00:19.470 align:middle line:10% that simply is not reality. 00:00:19.470 --> 00:00:22.590 align:middle line:10% There are people who are elite, who deserve 00:00:22.590 --> 00:00:24.790 align:middle line:10% more than those who are not. 00:00:24.790 --> 00:00:27.210 align:middle line:10% And when you have in college football a Power Five 00:00:27.210 --> 00:00:29.430 align:middle line:10% conference with their television deals and things 00:00:29.430 --> 00:00:30.990 align:middle line:10% of that nature, and you compare them 00:00:30.990 --> 00:00:33.268 align:middle line:10% to the smaller or the mid-majors, or whatever, 00:00:33.268 --> 00:00:35.310 align:middle line:10% of course there are people who have an advantage. 00:00:35.310 --> 00:00:38.430 align:middle line:10% Why apologize or hide from that reality? 00:00:38.430 --> 00:00:39.500 align:middle line:10% - You know what? 00:00:39.500 --> 00:00:41.840 align:middle line:10% I feel like I have a little credibility and knowledge 00:00:41.840 --> 00:00:42.740 align:middle line:10% about this because-- 00:00:42.740 --> 00:00:43.150 align:middle line:10% - You do. 00:00:43.150 --> 00:00:44.880 align:middle line:10% - --when I was at the-- when I was at the University 00:00:44.880 --> 00:00:47.580 align:middle line:10% of Florida, I think my jersey was one of the top-selling 00:00:47.580 --> 00:00:49.690 align:middle line:10% jerseys around the world. 00:00:49.690 --> 00:00:52.230 align:middle line:10% It was like Kobe, LeBron, and then I was right behind them, 00:00:52.230 --> 00:00:53.688 align:middle line:10% and I didn't make a dollar from it. 00:00:53.688 --> 00:00:55.710 align:middle line:10% But nor did I want to because I knew 00:00:55.710 --> 00:00:58.415 align:middle line:10% going into college what it-- 00:00:58.415 --> 00:00:59.520 align:middle line:10% what it was all about. 00:00:59.520 --> 00:01:01.890 align:middle line:10% I knew going to Florida, my dream school, where I wanted 00:01:01.890 --> 00:01:03.360 align:middle line:10% to go, the passion for it. 00:01:03.360 --> 00:01:05.670 align:middle line:10% And if I could support my team, support my college, 00:01:05.670 --> 00:01:08.100 align:middle line:10% support my university, that's what it's all about. 00:01:08.100 --> 00:01:10.710 align:middle line:10% But now we're changing it from us, from we, 00:01:10.710 --> 00:01:13.860 align:middle line:10% from my university, from being an alumni where I care which 00:01:13.860 --> 00:01:16.320 align:middle line:10% makes college football and college sports special, 00:01:16.320 --> 00:01:18.840 align:middle line:10% to then, OK, it's not about us, it's not about we, 00:01:18.840 --> 00:01:20.040 align:middle line:10% it's just about me. 00:01:20.040 --> 00:01:22.170 align:middle line:10% And yes, I know we live in a selfish culture 00:01:22.170 --> 00:01:23.250 align:middle line:10% where it's all about us. 00:01:23.250 --> 00:01:24.720 align:middle line:10% But we're just adding and piling it 00:01:24.720 --> 00:01:26.400 align:middle line:10% onto that, where it changes what's 00:01:26.400 --> 00:01:27.840 align:middle line:10% special about college football. 00:01:27.840 --> 00:01:27.990 align:middle line:10% - Tim-- 00:01:27.990 --> 00:01:30.570 align:middle line:10% - We turned into the NFL where who has the most money, 00:01:30.570 --> 00:01:31.770 align:middle line:10% that's where you go. 00:01:31.770 --> 00:01:34.860 align:middle line:10% That's why people are more passionate about college sports 00:01:34.860 --> 00:01:35.920 align:middle line:10% than they are about NFL. 00:01:35.920 --> 00:01:38.910 align:middle line:10% That's why the-- the stadiums are bigger in college 00:01:38.910 --> 00:01:41.280 align:middle line:10% than they are in the NFL, because it's about your team. 00:01:41.280 --> 00:01:42.570 align:middle line:10% It's about your university. 00:01:42.570 --> 00:01:44.590 align:middle line:10% It's about where my family wanted to go. 00:01:44.590 --> 00:01:47.190 align:middle line:10% It's about where my grandfather had a dream of seeing Florida 00:01:47.190 --> 00:01:48.660 align:middle line:10% win an SEC Championship. 00:01:48.660 --> 00:01:50.880 align:middle line:10% And you're taking that away so that young kids 00:01:50.880 --> 00:01:51.825 align:middle line:10% can earn a dollar. 00:01:51.825 --> 00:01:53.700 align:middle line:10% And that's just not where I feel like college 00:01:53.700 --> 00:01:55.020 align:middle line:10% football needs to go. 00:01:55.020 --> 00:01:56.880 align:middle line:10% There's an opportunity in the NFL, 00:01:56.880 --> 00:01:59.450 align:middle line:10% but not in college football.